Unlock Untapped Potential.

PageGroup launches its new accessibility toolkit, working with Recite Me, Vision Foundation, Genius Within and Leonard Cheshire to help businesses create accessible recruitment processes for those with visual impairments, learning difficulties and the neurodiverse.

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Disabled people have waited long enough for equal employment opportunities - or even meaningful progress in this space. It is not only the ‘right’ thing to do – there is a commercial imperative for all UK employers at a time when candidate and skills shortages are being felt across the board. As a wheelchair user myself, I have seen first-hand the untapped talent pool within the disabled workforce, and shockingly PageGroup’s own research shows that :

22% of business leaders are unlikely to hire candidates with known disabilities

PageGroup strives to lead by example and to this end, I am proud to say we have been named a Disability Confident Leader. Over the past year we have also set up a recruitment team dedicated to diverse and inclusive hiring for our clients. But there is more to be done and I know that businesses need guidance.

With this in mind, we have compiled this eBook to offer practical tips and guidance to you, our customers, on making your recruitment processes as accessible as possible, collaborating with four specialist disability organisations to generate thought-provoking and actionable insights and tips.

One of those four, Recite Me, has supplied us with a new toolbar for our company websites. This allows people with visual impairments, learning disabilities or those who are neurodiverse to adapt our websites for their requirements. For this reason, we have focused the advice in an eBook on these specific areas of accessibility.

We recognise that ‘disability’ is such a vast term and can mean so many different things. As such, we are mindful that we cannot effect change across the full spectrum of disabilities in a meaningful way with just one action. Therefore, we see this eBook and partnership with Recite Me as the start of many ‘Hidden Talent’ activities, all with the aim of improving accessibility for those with disabilities.

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